Lamb of God

Other metal bands have been in a similar position, like Lamb of God, Slayer, Motorhead and Mastodon, have been nominated in the past.

Highlighting the “true creators of heavy metal,” the one-day fest will also feature performances by Metallica, Slayer, Pantera, Alice in Chains, Gojira, Halestorm, Lamb of God and other rock groups.

On Wednesday, King will be back at the Kia Forum for the first time since that last night with Slayer, now at the head of a new metal outfit under his own name, appearing as a support act to co-headliners Lamb of God and Mastodon.

The lamb itself represents Jesus, who is referred to as the Lamb of God in the New Testament: “Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.”

Last Wednesday, in the basement of the Lamb of God Lutheran Church, across the street from the shuttered community center, seniors munched on cookies and used colored markers to draw pictures and scrawl thoughts on a long scroll of yellow paper.